Citizenship and Immigration committee  We're happy to get back again on this, but that is how we treat government response benefits. Marian Campbell Jarvis, did you want to add anything to that?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Perhaps I can. If there are particular benefits that the honourable member is worried about, we're happy to track down those particular benefits. However, the benefits that we have looked at that are being provided under the current situation by the government would not affect

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think we would have to get back to you on provincial benefits. It would depend on the nature of some of the provincial benefits, but for federal benefits, no, they do not have an effect. We do not treat them as social assistance.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The honourable member is right to raise this point. We are looking hard at those provisions for vulnerable workers and trying to make sure that those time frames are brought down.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I believe that an extension is automatic for the 90 days. Dan, do you want to comment on that?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Madam Chair, we're happy to check into the language on the website. It's a pretty automatic extension, so let us check into that language.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'd be happy to do that.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  What the minister has indicated is that people can move to employers now on a closed work permit, provided they have a job offer.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  What line of business are you referring to?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  If those applications have been received and we have those applications in, even though they haven't been processed under the one-year application, if we've received them, they should be fine. I wonder if Mr. Mills would like to comment further on that.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We would be happy to look into that.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Madam Chair, for the purpose of family sponsorship, the Canada emergency response benefit—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We do not consider the Canada emergency response benefit social assistance for any of our programs. For some programs, sponsors have to meet a minimum income threshold, and that's still expected of them, but no, we do not consider these benefits to be social assistance.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I want to be clear that we have processed student applications throughout this period, and we are continuing to do so. We have put a number of accommodations in place with universities and colleges to make sure that online classes can continue, and we've made accommodations aroun

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'm happy for the question about in-Canada biometrics collection. We worked really hard with our colleagues at Service Canada to be able to use Service Canada points of business to collect biometrics in Canada. We launched that a few months ago, and it has been working really wel